Posted Feb 15, 2010, 7:39 AM
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I went to the Vancouver Victory Ceremony tonight. The first half hour was "Celebrate BC", the 2nd half hour consisted of the medal ceremonies. After that was the Nelly Furtado concert. Some impressions:
(1) There was a large crowd. I'd say it was 90 - 95% sold out.
(2) I enjoyed "most" of the Celebrate BC performance. It consisted of a fusion of songs/dances/music from different cultural groups. It started with First Nations dancers, then some fiddlers, followed by Indian dancers and musicians, etc. The nice thing was that there was not a break. One group followed another and the performances overlapped each other. The Indian dancers were accompanied by the fiddlers. The Indian musicians accompanied some other dancers. There was a weird part with some wacky dresses? (I don't get haute couture I guess.)
The part I didn't like was when they showed video of people saying BC is the best place on earth. I want to be entertained, I don't want to be lectured or given some political message.
(3) The nice thing about the medal ceremonies was that those taking place in Whistler were shown on the screen in BC place.
(4) I can't say I am a huge music fan, but I enjoyed the 7 or 8 songs that Nelly Furtado sang.
All in all, it was an entertaining night and I am glad I went.
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